In terms of Fai’s apartment, it was excellent. It is only 5 mins walk to the sky train station of Hua Mak. Despite being close to a metro station, the apartment is far from the “centres” of the city. If you would like to go to any bigger shopping mall or tourist attraction sites, you must commute for at least 30-45 mins.
The apartment itself is neat and cosy. It is perfectly sized for 2 persons, and you can just fit one other person on the sofa couch. Since it was only the two of us in this stay, we did not sleep on the sofa bed and don’t know comfortable the sofa bed is. But we find it way too soft to sit comfortably on it. The kitchen is well equipped with utensils, microwave and a toaster. However, you can’t do any actual cooking because there is no stove/hot plate/oven. Despite this, you will find yourself eating out in Bangkok as the street foods are cheap and delicious. Also to note, there isn’t a washing machine in the apartment but there are few communal washing machines in the building which you can you use for a small fee per load. There are dryers but you can also dry your laundry on the apartment’s balcony. One down side of the apartment is that walls are thin and you can hear your neighbors’ TV.
Check-in could have been relatively straight forward. Despite letting Fai know our estimated arrival time beforehand, we had to wait for nearly two hours until the messenger delivered the keys.
Worse, once we finished our self-check-out and waited at the airport, Fai confronted us via whatsapp with photos of three small stains on her wall and one on the sliding bedroom door, claiming she is not able to clean/remove the stains and implying we are responsible for the stains . However, we are not! We have nothing to do with these stains. Once, we replied to her our point of view, she just replied “I understood. Thank you for your explanation.” We have not heard from her again and we hope this is all a misunderstanding.
Besides check-in and check-out, the communication went well, and we got access to the swimming pool and gym. Furthermore, since three out of five light bulbs didn’t work upon arrival, we asked her to replace them. Already on the next day, she brought new light bulbs over. During our stay, Fai’s husband equipped the apartment with a digital receiver because the TV only receives one channel otherwise. We didn’t need it though. Finally, the shower water pressure was very low upon arrival but after asking her to fix it, a handyman came soon after and the water pressure is good.